Bill Weber

William "Bill" Weber (born May 8, 1957) is a former television sports commentator best known for his work on TNT and NBC NASCAR broadcasts. Weber was also the lead announcer for Champ Car World Series events and other auto racing series on NBC. He currently is working as an illusionist.

Weber was born in Middletown, New Jersey. He was born the second-eldest of four children, 2 boys and 2 girls. His career began at WISH-TV in Indianapolis as a sports reporter while a student at Butler University. After graduating in 1979 with a bachelor of science degree in radio and television and a minor in journalism, Weber served as sports director at stations in Terre Haute, Indiana and Evansville, Indiana.

In 1987, Weber left television to work on the Miller Brewing Company's Unlimited Hydroplane Racing program as a media relations consultant. He then returned to Evansville and radio. In 1990, he relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina to work for a Sunbelt Video, a production company, which has since been purchased by NASCAR and is known as NASCAR Digital Media.

Weber spent time working for TNN as part of the Inside NASCAR.

Weber signed on with the ESPN and ESPN2 cable networks (and later with ABC) in 1994 as a pit-road reporter, and contribute reporter on RPM 2Night from 1996 until 2000.

...
Wikipedia